This year, CiA organizes the 18th international CAN Conference. Save the date: May 14 and 15. The two-days conference takes place in Baden-Baden, Germany. The keynote by Marko Moch from Cariad is titled “From FlexRay to CAN-XL: Migrating real-time high-performance networks into the future”. The other 21 presentations are grouped in seven sessions. For details, see the iCC program on the CiA website. The conference is accompanied by a tabletop exhibition. Conference language is English.

The year 2024 offers more for the CAN community: I expect the publications of the new editions of ISO 11898-1 (CAN data link layer and signal coding sublayer) and of ISO 11898-2 (CAN high-speed physical media attachment sublayers). These two standards cover three CAN generations: CAN CC (classic), CAN FD, and CAN XL as well as CAN FD light. Furthermore, CiA will release additional specifications and technical reports related to the CAN XL ecosystem.

CiA plans to exhibit at different tradeshows. As usual, CiA is present at the Embedded World and the SPS. Both fairs take place in Nuremberg, CiA’s hometown. Additionally, CiA goes overseas: Embedded World in U.S.A and Bauma in China. CiA also exhibits at the Innotrans in Berlin, Germany. These events are good opportunities to speak personally to CiA staff. Of course, CiA still provides an email hot-line for technical questions, but this does not substitute direct chats and conversations.

I hope, the new year brings what is said about the Dragon year (Chinese zodiac): power, success, honor, and luck. With CAN XL there is more power, CAN FD is going to become a success, CAN CC (classic) is still honored, and luck is appreciated anyway. My wish for 2024 is that embedded CAN technology becomes more visible. CiA would like to report about success stories, where CAN is deeply embedded, in its CAN Newsletter magazine. This would be highly appreciated by the entire CAN community – not only by me.

Once again, a healthy and successful 2024,